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[UK Embedded] UK Embedded » Blog Archive » Government writes FM death warrant: The Digital Economy Bill has become law, quelling arguments over the FM radio switch-off. A result of the pre-election legislation “wash-up”, the move comes barely a week after a well-balanced House of Lords report questioned the wisdom of moving all national and regional radio broadcasting to DAB.

[Technology] The Digital Economy Bill: a nightmare of unintended consequences ...: “Unintended consequences”. That was the phrase used by Labour MP Tom Watson when speaking against the Government’s Digital Economy Bill, a piece of legislation rushed through the Commons tonight which is so vast and all-encompassing that it left MPs debating the finer points of WiFi security (although without much expertise).

[News | The Independent UK] The Big Question: Is the analogue/digital switchover destined to ...: But they have said that the "digital upgrade", as they call it, cannot happen until at least 50 per cent of all radio listening is being done on DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) the particular digital system Britain has chosen. It is not clear whether it will match the £800m fund of public money set aside for the digital switchover on television.

[Radio] DAB Outlook in UK Remains Unsettled: Due to the advanced technology required to support them, the sheer number of multiplex transmission sites needed to replicate analog FM coverage substantially raises operating costs for both BBC and commercial stations now moving on to digital. For commercial operators in particular, those costs come as their industry suffers a severe downturn in the advertising market, with some holding short of committing to DAB as a result.

[Audiophile Audition Headlines] Audio News for March 30, 2010 - Audiophile Audition: Brits in a Tizzy Over Proposed Shutdown of All FM Radio - We may have problems with the introduction of Hybrid Digital Radio in the U.S., but it’s nothing compared to the twist in English knickers happening as a result of a “Digital Economy Bill” in Britain in which the government hopes to switch off all FM transmitters - 103 of them - by 2015. Since more than 90% of the UK population listens to the radio and 2/3 of them listen to FM, this means 100 million analog radio sets, with superior sound, would be useless.

[Radio Today] Radio Today with RCS: DAB debate in the House: A debate on Wednesday night in the House of Lords (see below) considered several amendments to the Digital Economy Bill which would have put specific criteria back onto the legislative table and would have ensured that all radio stations (large and small, BBC and commercial) are given an opportunity to migrate from analogue to DAB transmission. These amendments were eventually withdrawn, after the government Minister offered vague assurances that FM would not be switched off “for the foreseeable future”.

[Liberal Democrat Voice] Digital Economy Bill latest - two cheers for the LibDem team: This entry was posted in Op-eds and tagged 38 degrees, bridget fox, digital economy bill, don foster, julian huppert, open rights group, parliamentary reform. Bookmark the permalink or use the short url http://ldv.org.uk/18552 for twitter ... DAB isn't like Freeview; you can't simply buy a set-top box that converts your existing setup. We'll all need new radios for our cars and our homes. Many of us have FM tuners built in to our mobile phones (my last three handsets all ...

[jon's posterous] Message from Lynne Jones MP Re : Digital Economy Bill - jon's ...: ... radio stations to switch over from FM and AM, which will mean that radio listeners will have to buy new digital radio sets to replace their FM radios, including those in the car. Ofcom research shows that the average retail price of a new DAB digital radio is £85.00, which is hardly a drop in the ocean, ... Link to Liberty briefing seems to have been stripped out by posterous - link here: http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/pdfs/policy10/digital-economy-bill-hou. ...

[Bridget's Blog] Liberal Democrat frontbench statement on the Digital Economy Bill ...: Commenting on it, Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the TUC, said: “The results of the study stress that the growth of unauthorised file-sharing, downloading and streaming of copyrighted works and recorded performances is a major threat to the creative industries in terms of loss of employment and revenues. The scale of the problem is truly frightening now - let alone in the future if no firm actions against illegal file-sharing are taken.”

[Digital Britain] Digital Britain » Blog Archive » Digital Radio Upgrade: The details: In the UK, the technology adopted to provide portable digital radio is Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB), which is delivered via a number of multiplexes across the country. In addition to providing listeners with more radio stations, to cater for all interests and communities, DAB also offers better reception than AM, and in some cases FM, allows for easy tuning that finds stations at the push of a button, and provides more information with scrolling text, slide shows, and an electronic programme guide to plan your listening in advance.

[Insurance Policys Blog] associates insurance denmark wi | Insurance Policys Blog: Many mobile phone users access to listen to FM radio or MP3 player, DVD player, and video image capture and transfer simultaneously via infrared or Bluetooth to other mobile users, multimedia usage over 3G (third generation), ....

[BBC Blogs Network] BBC - Radio 4 Blog: Did 6Music hijack Radio 4 last night?: This was due to a mistake in monitoring when the Control Room did the switch for 6MUSIC from Western House to Manchester at 1900 and instead placed 6MUSIC on our output.I was unaware of loss of network because we monitor desk output in Con and that was going out as normal. Apology was made at the end of the programme.

[ZDNet UK Blogs - Reviews Blog] Nokia E52 - best battery life ever? | ZDNet UK: Nokia’s official battery life claim is for up to 8 hours of GSM talk, 23 days on standby, up to 18 hours of music playback, 30 hours of FM radio. My test allowed the screen to turn off automatically, which may account for my data exceeding Nokia’s own estimate by such a margin.

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